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Old 2012-08-04, 02:15 PM   [Ignore Me] #1
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Who will be watching it? NASA is going to be covering it from 11:30 PM Sunday to 4 AM Monday, with the landing scheduled for 1:31 AM.
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Old 2012-08-04, 09:10 PM   [Ignore Me] #2
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Wouldn't miss it!
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Old 2012-08-06, 01:13 AM   [Ignore Me] #3
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Edit: Curiosity landed safely!

Images from the rover will get released here when avaliable:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ma...ages_mars.html

Watching now!


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Old 2012-08-06, 01:42 AM   [Ignore Me] #4
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That was amazing. So many things could have gone wrong but it was executed perfectly. Leave it to NASA! Was great watching everyone's reaction.

Now give them more money!
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Old 2012-08-06, 02:01 AM   [Ignore Me] #5
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It was amazing, I literally had a single tear rolling down my face.
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Old 2012-08-06, 03:19 AM   [Ignore Me] #6
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Flawless execution. I was tense as hell watching those 7 minutes. I was just waiting for something to be announced that went wrong. Nope. NASA had it handled.
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Old 2012-08-06, 05:15 AM   [Ignore Me] #7
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Originally Posted by Zulthus View Post
Now give them more money!
Right... about that:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...0&feature=plcp

(The second half of the book "Mr. Feynman goes to Washington" is what I'm referring to but the whole thing is well worth the time.)

Edit:
Alright, my Econ half won't let me just leave it at that without some added words. Government normally does a terrible job of resource allocation when compared to markets but in fields where there is a high risk of loss and low return on investment (such as manned space flight) it's pretty much the best method for it.
There's also something to be said to transaction cost reductions.
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Old 2012-08-06, 11:45 AM   [Ignore Me] #8
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It was pretty freakin' epic.

This video blew me away:
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Old 2012-08-06, 04:40 AM   [Ignore Me] #9
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I watched it with my whole family, we were so excited when we herd it landed safely.
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Old 2012-08-06, 12:20 PM   [Ignore Me] #10
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I've been watching Curiosity for such a long time that I've gotten sort of attached to it. Seeing it land so perfectly absolutely made my day!
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Old 2012-08-07, 02:44 AM   [Ignore Me] #11
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A great day for all countries involved.
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